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Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.

Aparna Schweitzer, +4 more
- 17 Oct 2015 - 
- Vol. 386, Iss: 10003, pp 1546-1555
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This first global assessment of country-level population prevalence of chronic HBV infection found a wide variation between countries and highlights the need for continued prevention and control strategies and the collection of reliable epidemiologic data using standardised methodology.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-10-17. It has received 2130 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HBsAg & Hepatitis B virus.

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The Hepatitis B Virus Receptor

Wenhui Li
- 13 Nov 2015 - 
TL;DR: Critical findings regarding NTCP's role as a viral receptor for HBV and HDV are summarized and important questions that remain unanswered are discussed.
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Spontaneous loss of surface antigen among adults living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review and pooled meta-analyses.

Kali Zhou, +3 more
- 01 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: A pooled annual rate of HBsAg loss in adults with untreated chronic HBV infection and the effect of regional endemicity is determined, highlighting the need for new therapeutics aimed at achieving functional cure across different patient groups and geographical regions.
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Effects of Tenofovir vs Entecavir on Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Chronic HBV Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Won Mook Choi, +2 more
- 01 Feb 2021 - 
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of patients with chronic HBV infection found that TDF treatment was associated with a significantly lower risk of HCC than entecavir treatment.
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Natural history of serum HBV-RNA in chronic HBV infection.

Jian-She Wang, +17 more
- 01 Sep 2018 - 
TL;DR: In this article, baseline levels of serum HBV-RNA and their associations with viral replicative intermediates and liver disease in phases of chronic hepatitis B remain unknown, and 102 patients were categorized into immune-tolerant (IT), HBeAg-positive immune active (HBeAg+IA), inactive carrier (IC) and HBeag-negative immune active(HAg-IA) phases, with the highest levels among IT (6.78 ± 0.83 log 10 copies mL-1 ) patients, followed by HBe Ag+IA (5.
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Hepatitis B Virus Entry into Cells.

Charline Herrscher, +2 more
- 18 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: An overview of current knowledge about the process of HBV internalization into cells is provided to facilitate the design of new therapeutic approaches targeting this stage and preventing the de novo infection of naïve hepatocytes.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
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TL;DR: Moher et al. as mentioned in this paper introduce PRISMA, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which is used in this paper.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

David Moher, +4 more
- 21 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: The QUOROM Statement (QUality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses) as mentioned in this paper was developed to address the suboptimal reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: A structured summary is provided including, as applicable, background, objectives, data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, study appraisal and synthesis methods, results, limitations, conclusions and implications of key findings.
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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohsen Naghavi, +731 more
- 10 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors, the authors used the GBD 2010 methods with some refinements to improve accuracy applied to an updated database of vital registration, survey, and census data.
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